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Glastonbury doesn\u2019t look the way it used to. The fields are still muddy, the flags still wave, but the soundtrack now pulses with pop, hip hop, R&B, and chart-ready dance hits alongside the usual indie fare. It\u2019s not a bad thing\u2014change rarely is\u2014and the festival\u2019s embrace of mainstream sounds keeps it lively, with something to suit every taste at any hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet, with this evolution, the festival\u2019s rock elders find themselves in a strange spot. This evening, festival-goers had to choose between the fearless pop energy of Charli XCX, Grammy-winning rap fire from Doechii, disco nostalgia with Scissor Sisters, 90s rave heroes Leftfield\u2014or the storied Neil Young closing out the Pyramid Stage, the festival\u2019s prime slot. Among this lineup, Young felt like an outlier, almost oddly placed. Once revered as a constant in the rock pantheon, tonight the \u2018Godfather of Grunge\u2019 felt genuinely alternative again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The scene before Young\u2019s set was telling: the crowd remained sparse until moments before he stepped out, a clear sign that for many, he was not the night\u2019s main attraction. For an artist of his legacy, it was a strange sight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then, quietly, Young appeared. Alone under a single stark white light, cap low over his eyes, he strummed a rough-hewn Sugar Mountain while seated on a stool, acoustic guitar in hand. It felt almost too bare-bones, too modest, for a festival used to lasers, pyrotechnics, and elaborate stagecraft. Surely a 79-year-old man alone with his guitar couldn\u2019t headline Glastonbury in this era of spectacle?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Turns out, he can\u2014and he did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because if your songs are timeless, you don\u2019t need the rest. Young\u2019s performance was unadorned yet utterly magnetic. Once The Chrome Hearts joined him and he tore into Be the Rain, the sheer weight of his guitar tone cut through the evening air, reminding everyone why these songs endure. His set, unpolished and rooted deeply in folk and rock, felt like a cleansing breath amid the festival\u2019s overstimulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watching Young play felt like opening a box of treasures from another age. They may not glisten like the latest pop hit, but the emotional gravity of Cinnamon Girl, the ragged insistence of Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black), the gentle glow of Harvest Moon, and the soul-deep ache of Old Man and Like a Hurricane are impossible to deny. The crowd might have felt trendier dancing to Von Dutch on the Other Stage, but Young\u2019s catalogue has stood the test of time and will still matter long after pop\u2019s current heroes become nostalgia themselves. When he stood alone for a spellbinding rendition of The Needle and the Damage Done, it felt like rediscovering the true essence of music\u2014raw, honest, and powerful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At his age, Young is not the spry performer he once was, and that unmistakable, divisive voice was never about technical perfection. But with a stellar band, that thunderous guitar tone that countless artists have tried to mimic, and a catalogue of profound depth, it\u2019s hard to imagine anyone in that field regretting their choice to witness him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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He probably should have closed with the euphoric chaos of Rockin\u2019 in the Free World, the crowd\u2019s roars still echoing, rather than add the comparatively subdued Throw Your Hatred Down. But that\u2019s a small quibble in a set that felt like a final, beautiful bow at Glastonbury for one of rock\u2019s true legends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The festival may be evolving, but its old rock and roll spirit isn\u2019t going quietly\u2014and tonight, Neil Young proved it still has plenty to say.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Glastonbury doesn\u2019t look the way it used to. 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